Rising Waters: Militant Drama Of The Thirties / produced by Bill Shields. - A four part series of plays, music, and commentary on the New Theatre League and the WPA Federal Theater Project. CONTENT: Reel 1 > The Amateur Political Theater of 1930-1935 - The origin of the New Theatre in the ethnic communities and social movements of the 20's and 30's. It looks at the influence of European theatrical advances, at the initial "pamphlet and cartoon style", and at the eventual mid-decade maturation of the movement as it settled more fully into the fabric of American working and middle class life. - BROADCAST: KPFA, 1979.
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